The Software Wars: Why you can't understand your computer.

This article discusses the complexities involved in the installation and application of a software system. Showing the incidents of failure in software engineering and the factors that can improve the software-development process. The author describes the views of physicist-turned-sociologist Gene R...

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Publicado en:American Scholar Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 69 - 84
Autor principal: De Palma, Paul
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Phi Beta Kappa Society Winter2005
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Sumario:This article discusses the complexities involved in the installation and application of a software system. Showing the incidents of failure in software engineering and the factors that can improve the software-development process. The author describes the views of physicist-turned-sociologist Gene Rochlin on computer technology.